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sunny with cloudy periods.

Time running out for garbage plan

WASTE DISPOSAL solutions are an immediate
concern for Lower Mainland municipalities after
a proposed Waste Management Plan was stalled

By DAW K

A sub-committee of the
Greater Vancouver Regional
District: set up to look into
the future of waste disposal
in the Lower Mainland met
May 8. It was the first time
.the committee had met since
Environment Minister

. Austin: Pelton announced a

cabinet decision to not allow
a landfill site in Langley. A

B.C.

Legislation
introduced
to prevent

strike

PROVINCIAL LABOR Minister Terry Segarty

by the provincial government.

landfill in that area was a

key recommendation in the
Waste Management Plan.
The government’s decision
puts pressure on North
Shore politicians due to the
closing of the Premier Street
landfill in Dec., 1985, North
Vancouver District Mayor
Marilyn Baker, a member of
the committee, says North
Shore garbage will be allow-
ed at the Burns Bog Landfill
site until Oct., 1986. The

Rail

has introduced legislation to prevent a shutdown

of B. C. Rail.

By DAWN BURKE |

Acting under the B.C.
Rail Dispute Settlement Act,
Segarty has introduced a
bill that: would prevent strike
or lockout action. The bill
was introduced May. 13 and

“was expected to be passed by

today (May 15).

Fred Geddes, the mediator
in the dispute will report to
the minister on the state of
the collective bargaining
after which an Industrial In-
quiry Commissioner will be
appointed to recommend

terms of agreement.

Both the unions and B.C.
‘Rail ‘are disappointed with
the turn of events.

’ B.C. Rail spokesman Bar-

Tie Wall said the railway

would have preferred a set-
tlement through collective
bargaining. ‘‘But it’s better

than the alternative, which is
a shutdown,”’ he said. Wall
said a voluntary settlement is
always the best solution but
called the government move
‘‘a_ compromise of sorts,
We're back to the business
we're in, which is carrying
freight.”

Mike Suter, the business
representative for Plumbers
local 170 in the council of
trade unions, echoed Wall is
saying collective bargaining
was preferred to binding ar-
bitration.

Suter said he considered
the government action ‘‘the
wrong way to go,’’ adding
“the parties aren’t that far
apart."*

Union members have been
without a contract since
February, 1984. The gov-
ernmeat’s move comes after
a week of intense mediation
that failed to produce a col-
lective agreement.

question now is whether
Vancouver and Delta, who
Operate the site, will
renegotiate to allow North
Shore and other com-
munities extended use of the
site,

West Vancouver has
already been given six mon-

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Capilano College students
make the grade.

ths notice to stop use of the
Premier Street landfill.

Baker points out that the
sub-committee is based on
the concept of a regional
utility for garbage disposal
and any solution must be a
regional, as opposed to indi-
vidual solution.

FOR YOUNGSTERS
Police promote bike safety

WITH SUMMER _holi-
days rapidly approaching,
the West Vancouver
Police and Park -Royal
Merchants’ Association
are hoping to make them
safer for your children,
West Van Police will be
holding a Bicycle Safety
Rodeo May 18 from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. to teach
students the skills they
need to know when
operating their bicycles,
The safety rodeo is for
all West Vancouver
school children in grades
one through six, said Cst.
Colin Bursill, ;
Children will be tested
in mary areas, including
‘ signalling, sign recogni-
tion, turning and bicycle

safety knowledge. In ad-
dition, bicycle safety in-

spection will be com-
pleted and given to each
child.

Prizes will be awarded
to the top three entrants
in each of three categories
— grades one and two,
three and four, five and
six. First prize in each
category will consist of a
new bicycle. Each child
will receive a certificate
of participation.

Prior to the rodeo,
West Van Polive preven-
tion section will be atten-
ding each school and
presenting a lesson on
bicycle safety.

“It is hoped that skills
and safety tips talked
about in classroom will
be reflected at the rodeo
in, the child’s normal
bicycling,’’ Bursill said.

The rodeo will be held
in the middle deck on the
south side of Park
Royal’s south mali.

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Big Air Band battle.

Part of the regiona)
disposal solution will be met
by an incinerator which is
already on line and will be in
effect by 1988. But the in-
cinerator will serve only
parts of the Burnaby area. A
tender for a resource recov-
ery plan has

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received and is being serious-

ly considered.
The GVRD committee will
continue to meet to deter-

mine what steps need to be

taken to assure adequate
waste disposal is available
for years to come in the
Lower Mainland. ;

NEWS photo Terry Peters

CST. DAVE Bingham of West Vancouver Police points out some important bicycle
safety tips to Peter Mehrabian. West Van Police and the Park Royal Merchants’
Association are preparitiz for a Bicycle Safety Rodeo this Saturday, May 18, as their in-

volvement in Police Week.

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